NL2011970C2 - Credit card holder with improved card ejector / dispenser. - Google Patents

Abstract

A holder for cards, including a housing (1) which tightly fits around a stack of at least three cards (2) and has at least one card opening (3) for locating and removing cards, while opposite the card opening (3) within the housing a card eject feature is provided such that the cards through the card opening (3) can be partly slid from the housing, which card eject feature is designed to move within the housing between a first and a second position and during the movement forces the cards to partly exit the housing. The holder has a feature to avoid jamming of the card eject feature while engaging the cards stack and forcing them to exit the housing, preferably allows the jamming element to deflect, e.g. since the jamming element keeps a sufficient gap.

Description

Credit card holder with improved card ejector / dispenser.

The invention relates to a card holder provided with a device (further also called "ejector") to eject or dispense the cards, or different flat or plate like objects, from the holder and wherein the card or cards tightly fit within the holder, for which the holder has a cavity similar to the shape and slightly bigger than the card or cards stack.

The prior art discloses such holders for cards, designed to address the problem of easily selecting the desired card from a stack placed in the holder. Document EP-A 0 287 532 discloses a holder shaped as a flat box or sleeve, in which the stack of cards tightly fits. This housing has inside a pivoting ejector arm which by means of a finger button projecting through a curved elongate opening in the holder wall can be pivoted, with the effect that the stack of cards slides outwards. Since the ejector arm is provided with a relief profile such that each card engages with a different edge at the ejector arm, the cards are dispensed as a staggered stack. CH702919 B1 discloses a similar card holder. WO2010137975 (of the present inventor Van Geer) also discloses a card holder with an implement to present a staggered stack of cards, partly projecting out the card holder. US2002/074246 discloses a dedicated rigid ejection tab assembly 51 (detailed in fig. 4) for each individual card within the sleeve like holder, and a fixed stabilizer bar 62 (fig. 5) with a stepped configuration to keep each tab 54 in alignment. US4887739 discloses a business or calling card dispenser having an ejector mechanism to insure reliable dispensing of only the top most card from the stack within the dispenser. US5718329 discloses an at both ends open sleeve like card holder. A card ejector is lacking. JP S60-179484 U (published 1985) discloses an articulated ejector arm which is at its distal longitudinal end operated.

All prior art card holders having a button operated ejector arm are prone to jamming of the ejector arm during daily use. In this respect EP0287532 discloses (C4,L30-33) limiting the pivoting angle of the ejector arm to less than 90 degrees.

The object of the invention is a further improvement of the prior art in avoiding jamming of the ejector arm at the time of ejecting the stack of cards while a comfortable, simple and accurate operation of the holder with long life is offered.

Thus the invention is directed to a card holder according to the claims. Other aspects can be learned from the specification, drawings or claims. Two or more aspects can be combined.

Preferably the invention is directed to a card holder dispensing the complete stack of cards in such a manner that a staggered stack of cards, partly projecting out the card holder, is presented. In the alternative the ejector device is designed to provide that the stack of cards is partly projected from the card holder, wherein de cards are presented in a staggered fashion, while when completely contained within the housing, the cards are in register (in other words the cards are not staggered) . By presenting the cards in staggered fashion, they can be easily individually identified and individually taken from the stack by two fingers of the hand of the user. The card holder is preferably rigid in relation to the typical loads to which the card holder is exposed during normal daily use .

According to the invention this object is obtained by allowing the ejector arm, preferably an intermediate part along the length of the ejector arm, to deflect, preferably in the direction from the one to the opposite main side of the holder and e.g. away from the cards stack. Preferably the design of the card holder is such that the ejector arm can deflect at least 0.2 millimeter, preferably at least 0.35 millimeter, most preferably at least 0.5 millimeter, such value being on top of the typical fabrication tolerances of the assembled card holder. In other words, such dimension should be present if the ejector arm in its operative position is stably supported by the relevant surface of the associated holder main side.

In a preferred embodiment such deflection is allowed by providing a gap, preferably of sufficient said dimension (at least 0.1 or 0.35 or 0.5 millimeter), between the relevant part of the ejector arm and the associated main side of the holder, such that the ejector arm can move in and out said gap while deflecting.

To allow such deflection, one could provide the holder body with a convenient feature, e.g. a recess into the inner face of the relevant main side, to allow the ejector arm to enter and exit said recess when deflecting. However it is preferred to provide the holder body with smooth, level and flat inner faces of the main sides, e.g. with a view to ease of production through e.g. extrusion and/or avoidance of damaging the inserted cards. In an alternative it is preferred to provide the ejector arm with a convenient feature to allow deflection.

Preferably the ejector arm is designed to deflect at an intermediate area along its length, such that on both longitudinal sides of this area such deflection is absent. In an embodiment such is obtained by providing that said gap is present at said intermediate area while said gap is absent at both longitudinal sides of this area. In practice such could be obtained by providing this intermediate area with a recess facing the associated holder main side, such recess providing the desired gap. Advantageously such recess is provided such that if the ejector arm in its operative, unloaded position is supported by the flat surface of the holder main side, said intermediate area keeps said gap with said holder main side surface while at both longitudinal sides of the intermediate area the ejector arm bears with a support area onto the holder main side surface. Consequently, if the ejector arm is loaded to deflect towards the main side, the intermediate area will enter the gap and makes it smaller. Obviously, such support area is designed to slide across the associated surface of the holder main side.

Preferably the intermediate area at least partly or completely overlaps with at least part of the ejector arm area bearing the features, e.g. relief profile, for ejecting the cards stack in staggered fashion. In an embodiment said intermediate area partly overlaps with said relief profile bearing area and also extends some distance beyond said relief profile bearing area, preferably towards the location where the ejector arm is mounted to the holder body, e.g. for a distance of at least 5 millimeter, preferably at least 9 millimeter, more preferably at least 12 millimeter.

In a development the ejector arm at its side opposite its side bearing the intermediate area has a bearing face intermediate the free tip and the mounting location of the ejector arm, which bearing face slidingly engages the main side. Said bearing face preferably is located at a longitudinal distance from the free tip corresponding to a distance approximately midway the length of the intermediate area, e.g. somewhere between one third and two third the length of the intermediate area.

In an embodiment the ejector arm has two longitudinally spaced first bearing surfaces at its side facing the one holder body main side and a single second bearing surface at its opposite side (facing the other holder body main side). The first bearing surfaces preferably have the intermediate area (for deflection) between them. The second bearing surface preferably is located between the first bearing surfaces, more preferably approximately midway, e.g. somewhere between one third and two third the longitudinal distance, between the first bearing surfaces. The first and second bearing surfaces will slide across the associated holder body main side and in this manner the ejector arm is stably guided by the holder body.

In a preferred development such deflection is facilitated by adding flexibility to the ejector arm, preferably in the direction towards and away from the opposite main sides of the holder. Preferably this flexibility is obtained by a small wall thickness, preferably in the area between the location where the ejector arm is mounted to the holder body and the for engagement with the cards provided relief profile at the ejector arm. Preferably the wall thickness is small in the complete area between the relief profile and the mounting to the holder body. Practically, the flexibility is such that the free tip of the operatively mounted ejector arm will deflect at least 1 millimeter, preferably at least 3 millimeter, more preferably at least 5 millimeter towards a main side when loaded at the free tip by a force of 1 kilogram directed towards said main side and the ejector arm is fixedly clamped at its mounting point.

The invention is based on the recognition that cards of credit card format indeed have a standardised thickness, but this has always some dispersion due to unavoidable fabrication tolerances. Also, cards are not always as flat as they should be, they e.g. warp in time due to use. The inventor has found out that with the holders with ejector arm presently known, jamming occurs due to such imperfect cards. Also imperfect flatness of the main walls of the holder can cause jamming. Jamming can either require increased manual force to operate the ejector device, or can cause immovability of the ejector device. Typically the jamming location corresponds to an individual feature, e.g. step, of the means for ejecting the cards in a staggered fashion and depends on the number and type of cards stacked between such feature and the corresponding main side. Thus, for the same holder, the jamming location can the one time be at the one and another time at the other of the plurality of steps, such that the ability to deflect according to the invention is preferably provided for at least most or substantially all of the steps.

In particular the holder is designed to receive and dispense credit cards (and different items with dimensions comparable to credit cards, further mentioned as "cards"), preferably wherein a stack of, e.g. at least three, four or five, cards can be housed in the holder, more preferably wherein the cards in the stack are immediately mutually superposed or adjacent, in other words no further object is or needs be present between adjacent cards. The holder preferably has two pairs of substantially or completely closed and fixed opposite sides, one pair with length and width almost equal to the same card dimensions (also called the "main sides") and this pair spaced by the other (also called the "minor sides") pair (delimiting the stack thickness) such that the card stack tightly fits between these four sides. Preferably these sides are thin walled and/or provide a rigid, sleeve like casing. Of the remaining pair of two opposite sides preferably one (also called the "bottom") is permanently substantially or completely closed and the other (also called the "top") is open but could be temporary closed, e.g. by a lid, such that the holder has merely a single open side through which the cards can enter and exit the holder. Thus the holder provides a rigid sleeve with closed bottom.

Preferably the holder is provided with means to keep the cards within the holder without closing the top side with a lid, e.g. friction means which e.g. engage the thin sides of the cards, such as e.g. disclosed by WO2010137975.

The ejector comprises an ejector element (further also called "arm") moving between a first and second (preferably a retracted and an extended, respectively) position inside the holder and engaging the cards stack, preferably engaging an edge of the cards, to push the cards stack out of the holder while the cards move in a plane parallel to their main faces, preferably such that the cards (with the element in its extended position) partly project from the holder in a stepped or staggered manner. For the purpose of presenting or dispensing the cards in a stepped manner, the element is preferably provided with a relief profile, preferably having some relation with the thickness of the cards, such that the element has a plurality of spaced features, preferably located along a straight line, a such feature designed to engage a single card from the stack, preferably such that by movement of the element within de holder, the one card is moving with the element for a further distance outward compared to another card from the same stack within the holder. In an embodiment such features are projections at the element each providing an engagement edge, wherein preferably the projections project a different distance from the element such that each engagement face is present at a different level. Preferably the element is designed such that, in its retracted position, the cards fit within the holder such that the cards are mutually in register, in other words, present a neat stack.

Preferably the thickness of the ejector arm stepwise increases from the free end (in other words the distal end or the end remote from the pivot point or the end opposite the end to which the drive means engage or are mounted). This stepwise increase of thickness provides step shaped features for ejecting the cards stack in a staggered fashion.

In its extended position, the ejector arm preferably extends diagonally within the holder. In its retracted position, the ejector arm preferably extends parallel to an external side or edge of the holder, preferably opposite the side from which the cards are dispensed from within the holder. Preferably the ejector arm rotates or swivels or turns or hinges or pivots between its first and second position, for which it is preferably provided with a hinge or pivot feature, such as a pin or hole, with which it is mounted to the holder. In the alternative a translating movement is feasible.

To provide the movement of the ejector arm, the ejector comprises a drive means associated with the ejector arm. This could be a motoric means however a manually operated drive means, e.g. a finger operated button, is preferred. Preferably the ejector arm and the drive means are connected in a rigid manner such that the movement of the drive means is directly transferred to the ejector arm and both these members move as one, e.g. since both these members are integrated in a single, preferably rigid piece. The ejector arm and/or drive means could be injection moulded parts, e.g. of polymeric or plastic or equivalent material.

Preferably the ejector arm provides a base or bottom of the holder, preventing exit of the cards from the associated side of the holder.

For the so called credit card format the main dimensions suffice ISO 7810 and the thickness and roundings suffice ISO 7813. This format is used for many cards with different applications: bank cards, driving licences, ID-cards, membership cards, entrance cards, reduction cards, savings cards, etc.

The card ejector feature gives the user the opportunity to partly slide the card stack from the housing. This is a preferred operation before the user can select a card and remove it from the housing.

If the card in a stepped stack is slid from the housing, each card shows a narrow edge and the user can see at a blink which cards are present in the holder. Also the user can easy and quick select within the cards stack the desired card and remove it by manually sliding the cards mutually in a direction equal to or opposite the direction in which the cards are slid from the housing from their stored position

An embodiment of the card ejector feature of the invention comprises, among others, a step like element, which by the user relative to the housing, e.g. by means of rotation or translation, can be moved against the cards stack, wherein the individual steps of the sep like element exert at the individual cards in the stack in the direction of the card opening a force, resulting that the card stack slides outward in stepped shape. The steps have a thickness which is measured parallel to the card thickness and a spacing which is measured perpendicular to the thickness and which determines the degree wherein the cards slide mutually if they slide in stepped shape from the housing .

An embodiment of the step like element has steps with a thickness or level difference equal to approximately the card thickness or equal to or less then half or one third the card thickness. For modular nature between 0.3 and 0.5 millimetre, e.g. approx. 0.4 mm, is a preferred thickness for the step, since this equals approx, half a typical smooth card thickness (approx. 0.8 mm) and approx, one third of the thickness of a card with embossing (approx. 1.2 mm). If the stepped element pushes against the card stack, a smooth card with thickness 0.8 mm will skip one step and an embossed card will skip two steps, thus a card stack containing a mixture of flat and smooth cards can be ejected neatly. The first and last step may be an exception to this and obtain a thickness of e.g. approx. 0.8 mm, since the first and last step in operation generally will never bear against a halve card thickness.

The step like element preferably has a number of steps at least equal to the number of cards in the stack, more preferably at least equal to one and a half time the number of cards in the stack (in the latter case. In a preferred embodiment wherein the holder is designed to contain at least four or five stacked cards, preferably the step like element has at least four or five and alternatively at least six or eight steps.

The spacing of the steps depends from the maximum number of cards that can be stored in the housing. The maximum length of the step like element is limited by the holder and the spacing between the steps is spread over this available length. The stepped element in the housing for a thin card stack can obtain a lager spacing compared to a housing for a thick card stack. The larger the spacing between the steps, the further the dispensed cards are staggered.

An embodiment of the moving step like element in the card remove feature of the card holder of the invention, is provided with a reset means, e.g. a spring, with the effect that this step like element after operation will always immediately and automatically return to the initial position, such that without obstruction the user can slide cards back into the housing during making a selection from the partly exposed cards.

Information stored electromagnetically in the cards, can be damaged by the influence of strong electromagnetic radiation fields. Also cards provided with a RFID chip can be contactless read by means of radio waves if they are near an adapted reader. These are two examples of the mostly undesired interaction that can happen between electromagnetic radiation and cards in the housing. An embodiment of the card holder of the invention which excludes these influences has a housing made of a galvanic material. The geometry of the housing of this invention lends itself for fabrication by means of metal extrusion, with which a proper Faraday cage is made. A possible embodiment which allows further protection from external influences, like moist and dirt, comprises a housing which can be closed with e.g. a pivoting lid or a flexible part, e.g. a rubber cap.

The invention will now be further explained by way of the drawing.

Fig. 1-3 show the operation of the ejector arm of a card holder, in perspective (fig. 2 and 3 also in side view);

Fig. 4 and 5 show in perspective view two movement possibilities of the ejector arm, mounted within a card holder which is shown in sectional view;

Fig. 6 shows a presently preferred embodiment of the ejector arm of the invention, in side, top and end view; and

Fig. 7 shows the ejector arm of fig. 6 more in detail.

Fig. 1-3 show a perspective view of the housing of the card holder which tightly fits around the shown stack of at least three cards (four are shown), wherein one of the two longitudinal ends of the housing is referred to as a card opening because it is opened to receive and remove cards. The tightly fit around the card stack implicates a main shape based on a right angled brick, but it can of course, for reasons of design or ergonomics, differ, e.g. by providing chamfers, roundings, ribs, etc.

Fig. 1 shows the empty holder and the ejector arm in the first and second position, respectively. The engagement faces at different levels projecting from the ejector arm, to eject the cards stack in staggered fashion, are clearly visible. Also visible is the finger button projecting outside the holder and driving the ejector arm.

Fig. 2 shows the holder filled with four stacked cards in register, the lower side of each card in register with a relevant engagement face of the ejector arm in its first (retracted) position. Starting from this position of the ejector arm and moving (pivoting) it to its second position, the cards will be forced by the associated engagement face such that the cards stack is partly ejected. Since each engagement face has a different distance to the pivot point of the ejector arm, each card will travel a different distance such that a staggered ejected stack is obtained (shown in fig. 3 in which the ejector arm is in its second position).

Fig. 4 shows in sectional view a holder with a card eject feature provided by the stepped element 16 which can pivot around an axis 17 if the user exerts in the pivot direction (according to the arrow) a force through the actuator 18 outside the housing, or immediately at the operation face 18a as part of the stepped element 16. The stepped element is made from steps, wherein the card contact face 19 can exert force against the side of the cards which faces the ejector arm 16. The card contact faces 19 can be regarded as the thickness of the steps in the stepped shape and the height of these faces is equal to or smaller then the nominal card thickness (approx. 0.8 mm), whereby each step contacts a different card. A reset spring 20 ensures that the stepped element 16 after releasing the button 18 returns immediately and automatically to the initial (first) position shown.

Fig. 5 shows a possible variant of the embodiment of fig. 4, wherein the stepped element 16 can translate in the direction in which the cards are slid through the card opening 3 and out the housing (illustrated by the arrow) and which by means of a reset spring 20 after releasing the operation part 18 returns immediately and automatically to the initial position. As will be appreciated, the cards stack is also staggered if completely inside the holder, in this embodiment.

As is clear from all fig. 1-5, the thickness of the ejector arm stepwise decreases from the proximal (close to the pivot point 17) to the distal (free or remote) end 5.

While it is feasible to design the holder assembly such that for avoiding jamming the tip 5 should deflect relative its associated main side (in other words the nearest main side), the following design is more preferred and fig. 6 and 7 show a presently preferred embodiment:

The main side walls 4 have smooth, level and flat inner faces and the ejector arm is designed to deflect at an intermediate area 6 along its length, such that on both longitudinal sides 7 of this area 6 such deflection is absent. Thus this intermediate area 6 has a recess 8 facing the associated holder main side 4, such recess providing the desired gap. The gap width, according to the orientation of arrow 8, thus the distance between the bottom of the recess and the nearest side 4, is 0.4 millimeter plus typical tolerances.

As shown, such recess 8 is provided such that if the ejector arm in its operative, unloaded position is supported by the flat surface 4 side, said intermediate area 6 keeps said gap 8 with said side surface 4 while at both longitudinal sides 7 of the intermediate area 6 the ejector arm bears onto the holder main side surface 4. Consequently, if the ejector arm is loaded (arrow F) to deflect towards the main side 4, the intermediate area will enter the gap such that the gap will become smaller.

As shown the intermediate area 6 overlaps the ejector arm area bearing the relief profile 19, and also extends some distance beyond said relief profile 19 towards the mounting location 17 where the ejector arm is mounted to the holder body.

Also, the ejector arm at its side opposite its side bearing the intermediate area 6 has a bearing face 21 intermediate the free tip 5 and the mounting location 17 of the ejector arm, which bearing face 21 slidingly engages the associated main side 4. Said bearing face 21 is located at a longitudinal distance from the free tip 5 corresponding to a distance approximately midway the length of the intermediate area 6, in other words somewhere between one third and two third the length of the intermediate area.

The force (arrow F) causing jamming of the ejector arm, typically will be located at the bearing face 21 or any of the steps of the relief profile depending on the types of cards in the stack and their deformation (embossed, warped, etc.).

Thus, the ejector arm shown in fig. 6 and 7 has two spaced first bearing surfaces 7 at its side facing the one holder body main side 4 and a single second bearing surface 21 at its opposite side (facing the other holder body main side 4) . The first bearing surfaces 7 delimit the intermediate area 6 (for deflection) between them. The second bearing surface 21 is located, as viewed longitudinally, between the first bearing surfaces 7. The first and second bearing surfaces 7, 21 will slide across the associated holder body main side 4 and in this manner the ejector arm is stably guided by the holder body.

Further, the deflection of the area 6 to enter the gap is facilitated by adding flexibility to the ejector arm in the direction towards and away from the opposite main sides 4 of the holder. Such flexibility is obtained by a small wall thickness, in the area between the location 17 where the ejector arm is mounted to the holder body and the for engagement with the cards provided relief profile 17 at the ejector arm. As shown, the wall thickness is small in the complete area between the relief profile 19 and the mounting 17 to the holder body.

Fig. 6 shows the ejector arm with improved flexibility of the invention. In the side view a part of the opposite main sides 4 of the holder are shown in cross section. Clearly, the ejector arm fits tightly between these sides 4, although the clearance is shown exaggerated for illustrative purposes. The dashed line 12 indicates the initial material boundary of a rigid ejector arm. By decreasing the thickness this boundary 12 changed in boundary 9, resulting in an improved flexibility according to the arrow C shown. Thus the deflection towards the nearest side 4 by the intermediate area 6 is facilitated.

As a consequence of deflection into the gap 8, the relief profile 19, apart from the part of this profile 19 within the area 7 supported by the side 4 (in this embodiment the free tip 5 belongs to this area 7) is now able to move away from the side 4 opposite the side bearing the areas 7. This deflection avoids jamming during ejecting the cards stack.

Also different embodiments belong to the invention. Features of different in here disclosed embodiments can in different manners be combined and different aspects of some features are regarded mutually exchangeable. All described or in the drawing disclosed features provide as such or in arbitrary combination the subject matter of the invention, also independent from their arrangement in the claims or their referral.

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1. Een houder voor kaarten, die omvat een huis (1) dat nauw past rond een stapel van minimaal drie kaarten (2) en minimaal één kaartopening (3) heeft voor het inbrengen en verwijderen van kaarten, terwijl tegenover de opening (3) binnen het huis een kaartuitwerper met een uitwerparm (16) verschaft is zodat de kaarten (13) via de opening (3) gedeeltelijk uit het huis kunnen worden geschoven, welke kaartuitwerper ingericht is voor bewegen van de uitwerparm in het huis tussen een eerste en tweede positie en tijdens die beweging aangrijpt op en de kaarten dwingt om gedeeltelijk het huis te verlaten, MET HET KENMERK, dat de houder een voorziening heeft om klemmen van de uitwerparm van de kaartuitwerper te vermijden terwijl die op de stapel kaarten aangrijpt en deze dwingt om het huis te verlaten.A card holder, comprising a housing (1) that fits tightly around a stack of at least three cards (2) and has at least one card opening (3) for inserting and removing cards, while facing the opening (3) a card ejector with an ejector arm (16) is provided within the housing so that the cards (13) can be partially slid out of the housing via the opening (3), which ejector is adapted to move the ejector arm in the housing between a first and second position and during that movement engages and forces the cards to partially leave the house, WITH THE FEATURE that the holder has a feature to prevent jamming of the ejector arm of the card ejector while it engages the stack of cards and forces it to leave home. 2. Houder volgens conclusie 1, waarbij de klemmen vermijdende voorziening toestaat dat een lengtedeel (6) van de uitwerparm (16) uitwijkt.Holder according to claim 1, wherein the clamp-avoiding feature allows a length part (6) of the ejector arm (16) to deflect. 3. Houder volgens conclusie 2, waarbij het lengtedeel (6) een voldoende tussenruimte (8) laat met een hoofdzijde (4) van het huis.Holder according to claim 2, wherein the length part (6) leaves a sufficient gap (8) with a main side (4) of the housing. 4. Houder volgens conclusie 3, waarbij de tussenruimte (8) zich bevindt aan de onderkant van de uitwerparm (16).Holder according to claim 3, wherein the gap (8) is located at the bottom of the ejector arm (16). 5. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de voorziening een uitsparing (8) omvat waarin het lengtedeel (6) van de uitwerparm kan uitwijken.Holder as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the provision comprises a recess (8) in which the length part (6) of the ejector arm can deflect. 6. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij een hoofdzijde (4) van het huis, waarlangs de uitwerparm (16) beweegt tussen een eerste en tweede positie, vlak is.Holder according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a main side (4) of the housing along which the ejector arm (16) moves between a first and second position is flat. 7. Houder volgens conclusie 5 of 6, waarbij de uitsparing (8) is verschaft aan de uitwerparm van de kaartuitwerper.A holder according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the recess (8) is provided on the ejector arm of the card ejector. 8. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitwerparm ingericht is om uit te wijken bij een tussengebied (6) langs zijn lengte.A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the ejector arm is adapted to deviate from an intermediate region (6) along its length. 9. Houder volgens conclusie 8, waarbij de uitwerparm ingericht is zodat aan het vrije longitudinale uiteinde (7) van het tussengebied (6) de gelegenheid voor dergelijk uitwijken afwezig is.A container according to claim 8, wherein the ejector arm is arranged so that at the free longitudinal end (7) of the intermediate region (6) there is no opportunity for such deflection. 10. Houder volgens conclusie 9, waarbij de uitwerparm ingericht is zodat aan beide longitudinale uiteinden (7) van het tussengebied de gelegenheid voor dergelijk uitwijken afwezig is.The container of claim 9, wherein the ejector arm is arranged so that the opportunity for such deflection is absent at both longitudinal ends (7) of the intermediate region. 11. Houder volgens conclusie 8, 9 of 10, waarbij een tussenruimte (8) aanwezig is bij het tussengebied (6) terwijl die tussenruimte (8) afwezig is aan één of beide longitudinale uiteinden (7) van dit tussengebied.A container according to claim 8, 9 or 10, wherein a gap (8) is present at the gap (6) while that gap (8) is absent at one or both of the longitudinal ends (7) of this gap. 12. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies , waarbij het tussengebied (6) ten minste gedeeltelijk of geheel overlapt met ten minste een deel van het uitwerparm gebied welke de voorzieningen draagt, bijvoorbeeld reliëfprofiel (19), voor het verschoven uitwerpen van de stapel kaarten.A holder according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the intermediate area (6) at least partially or completely overlaps with at least a part of the ejection arm area which carries the provisions, for example relief profile (19), for shifted ejection of the stack of cards . 13. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitwerparm twee longitudinaal uit elkaar geplaatste eerste steunvlakken (7) aan de zijde die gekeerd is naar de ene hoofdzijde (4) van het houderlichaam, en een enkele tweede steunvlak (21) aan de andere zijde, heeft.A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the ejector arm has two longitudinally spaced apart first supporting surfaces (7) on the side facing the one main side (4) of the container body, and a single second supporting surface (21) on the other side. 14. Houder volgens conclusie 13, waarbij de eerste steunvlakken (7) het tussengebied (6) tussen zich hebben.Container according to claim 13, wherein the first supporting surfaces (7) have the intermediate region (6) between them. 15. Houder volgens conclusie 13 of 14, waarbij het tweede steunvlak (21) geplaatst is tussen de eerste steunvlakken (7) .A container according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the second support surface (21) is placed between the first support surfaces (7). 16. Houder volgens conclusie 15, waarbij het tweede steunvlak (21) ongeveer halverwege tussen de eerste steunvlakken (7) geplaatst is.A container according to claim 15, wherein the second support surface (21) is placed approximately halfway between the first support surfaces (7). 17. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij aan de binnenzijde van het huis een frietie-element is geplaatste welke een frietiekracht levert aan de zijrand van iedere individuele kaart in het huis, welk frictie-element een voldoende breedte/afmeting heeft om gelijktijdig aan te grijpen op alle kaarten in de stapel en/of niet vormvast is.17. Holder as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein a fryer element is placed on the inside of the housing which supplies a frying force to the side edge of each individual card in the housing, which friction element has a sufficient width / dimension to simultaneously to seize on all cards in the pile and / or is not form-retaining. 18. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, met minimaal één van de volgende kenmerken: de uitwerparm van de kaartuitwerper omvat een reliëfprofiel of getrapt element (19), welke door de gebruiker kan worden bewogen ten opzichte van het huis tegen de zijde van de in het huis aanwezige stapel kaarten, waardoor deze stapel in een getrapte vorm deels uit het huis beweegt; de kaarten opnemende ruimte is huls- of schachtvormig; de opneemruimte is ingericht zodat de kaarten via de kaartopening parallel aan hun bovenvlak uit deze ruimte moeten worden geschoven; in de opneemruimte een stapel van minimaal drie rechthoekige kaarten, wederzijds in register, met in hoofdzaak identieke afmetingen en elk met een eerste zijde en een tweede zijde er tegenover, en het frietie-element in tegenhoudende aangrijping, in de richting van uit de kaartopening schuiven, met de naar het frietie-element gekeerde zijde van iedere kaart en de kaart zijdelings belastend zodat de tweede zijde van iedere kaart wordt gedrukt tegen en tegengehouden door de zijde van de opneemruimte, die bijvoorbeeld een frictie-element omvat, terwijl de afstand tussen de eerste en tweede zijde van de ene kaart ongelijk is met dezelfde afstand van een andere kaart in de stapel.A holder according to any one of the preceding claims, having at least one of the following features: the ejector's ejector arm comprises a relief profile or stepped element (19), which can be moved by the user relative to the housing against the side of the stack of cards present in the house, as a result of which this stack partially moves out of the house in a stepped form; the card receiving space is sleeve or shaft shaped; the receiving space is arranged so that the cards must be pushed out of this space via the card opening parallel to their upper surface; in the receiving space a stack of at least three rectangular cards, mutually in register, of substantially identical dimensions and each with a first side and a second side opposite, and the fryer element in retracting engagement, in the direction of sliding out of the card opening with the side of each card facing the fryer element and loading the card sideways so that the second side of each card is pressed against and restrained by the side of the receiving space, which comprises, for example, a friction element, while the distance between the first and second side of one card is uneven with the same distance from another card in the stack. 19. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitwerparm (16) zwenkend aan het huis gemonteerd is.A holder according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the ejector arm (16) is pivotally mounted on the housing. 20. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, die omvat: een huis (1) dat nauw past rond een stapel van minimaal drie, wederzijds uitgelijnde, kaarten (2) van gelijke afmeting, en waarvan de opneemruimte is ingericht zodat de kaarten parallel aan hun hoofdzijde in en uit deze ruimte moeten worden geschoven; aan de binnenzijde van het huis een frietie-element (22) welke aangrijpt op en een frietiekracht levert aan een smalle zijrand van iedere individuele kaart in het huis, welk frietie-element een voldoende afmeting heeft om gelijktijdig aan te grijpen op alle kaarten in de stapel, zowel wanneer die zich bevinden geheel binnenin als ook gedeeltelijk buiten het huis, en bewegen van de kaarten in de richting in en uit het huis remt en zodoende in en uit het huis vallen van iedere kaart tegenwerkt; een kaartopening (3) aan het huis (1) voor het inbrengen en verwijderen van de kaarten in en uit het huis; een door de eigenaar van de houder te bedienen kaartuitwerper met een bedieningsknop (18) zodat de stapel kaarten in zijn geheel via de opening (3) gedeeltelijk uit het huis kan worden geschoven, welke kaartuitwerper een zich tegenover de kaartopening (3) binnen het huis bevindende uitwerparm (16) omvat die met zijn montageplaats (17) bewegend, bij voorkeur zwenkend, gemonteerd is aan het huis en ingericht is voor, door bedienen van de bedieningsknop, bewegen, zoals zwenken, in het huis vanuit een teruggetrokken positie naar een uitwerppositie en tijdens die uitwerpbeweging aangrijpt op de gehele stapel kaarten en deze in zijn geheel dwingt om een stuk uit het huis te schuiven via de kaartopening (3) tijdens welke uitwerpbeweging de vorm van de stapel, doordat de uitwerparm langs zijn lengte uitgerust is met een op een smalle zijrand van alle kaarten van de stapel aangrijpend trapvormig reliëfprofiel (19), verandert vanuit een rechte vorm met alle kaarten wederzijds in register, in een getrapte vorm met alle kaarten gedeeltelijk uit het huis stekend via de kaartopening (3) , iedere kaart verder uitstekend dan de naastliggende kaart erboven in de stapel zodat de eigenaar in één oogopslag ziet welke kaarten aanwezig zijn in de getrapte stapel die gedeeltelijk uit het huis steekt en waarbij het frietie-element de getrapte vorm van de gedeeltelijk uit het huis stekende stapel handhaaft door aangrijpen daarop; waarbij de uitwerparm met zijn onderkant schuivend tegen een hoofdzijde (4) van het huis steunt; welke houder een voorziening heeft om geklemd raken van de kaartuitwerper te vermijden terwijl die op de stapel kaarten aangrijpt en deze dwingt uit het huis te schuiven, waarbij de het klemmen vermijdende voorziening omvat dat de houder ingericht is zodat de uitwerparm in de gelegenheid is om met een tussengebied (6) langs de lengte van de uitwerparm in de dikterichting, dat wil zeggen in de richting van de ene naar de andere tegenover elkaar gelegen hoofdzijden (4) van het huis, uit te wijken in de richting naar de eerste hoofdzijde (4) van het huis toe, welke eerste hoofdzijde (4) zich bevindt aan de onderkant van de uitwerparm, dat wil zeggen tegenover de bovenkant die het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19) draagt, terwijl bij het longitudinale uiteinde (7) van dit tussengebied (6) aan de zijde van het vrije uiteinde van de uitwerparm (16) dergelijk uitwijken van de uitwerparm onmogelijk is, en het tussengebied (6) een tussenruimte (8) houdt met de eerste hoofdzijde (4).A holder according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising: a housing (1) that fits tightly around a stack of at least three mutually aligned cards (2) of equal size, and the receiving space of which is arranged so that the cards are parallel to their main side must be pushed in and out of this space; on the inside of the housing a fryer element (22) which engages and provides a fryer force at a narrow side edge of each individual card in the house, which fryer element has a sufficient size to simultaneously engage all the cards in the house stack, both when located entirely inside and partly outside the housing, and inhibit movement of the cards in the direction in and out of the housing, thereby counteracting falling in and out of the housing of each card; a card opening (3) on the housing (1) for inserting and removing the cards in and out of the housing; a card ejector to be operated by the holder of the holder with an operating button (18) so that the stack of cards as a whole can be partially slid out of the housing via the opening (3), which card ejector is located inside the housing opposite the card opening (3). ejecting arm (16) which, with its mounting location (17), is moving, preferably pivoting, mounted on the housing and adapted to move, such as pivoting, in the housing from a retracted position to an ejecting position by operating the operating button and during that ejection movement engages the entire stack of cards and forces it in its entirety to slide a piece out of the housing through the card opening (3) during which ejection movement the shape of the stack, because the ejector arm is provided along its length with an a narrow side edge of all cards of the stack of engaging stepped relief profile (19), changes from a straight shape with all cards mutually in register, into a n stepped shape with all cards protruding partially from the house through the card opening (3), each card protruding further than the adjacent card above it in the stack so that the owner can see at a glance which cards are present in the stepped stack that partially protrudes from the house and wherein the fryer element maintains the stepped shape of the stack projecting partially from the housing by engaging thereon; wherein the ejection arm slides with its underside against a main side (4) of the housing; which holder has a provision to prevent the card ejector from getting stuck while it engages the stack of cards and forces it to slide out of the housing, the clamping-preventing provision comprising the holder arranged so that the ejector arm has the opportunity to an intermediate region (6) along the length of the ejector arm in the direction of thickness, i.e. in the direction of the opposite main sides (4) of the housing, to be diverted in the direction towards the first main side (4 ) of the housing, which first major side (4) is located at the bottom of the ejector arm, i.e. opposite the top bearing the stepped relief profile (19), while at the longitudinal end (7) of this intermediate region (6) on the free end side of the ejector arm (16), such ejection of the ejector arm is impossible, and the intermediate area (6) maintains a gap (8) with the first main side (4). 21. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het tussengebied (6) over een deel van zijn lengte overlapt met het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19)A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the intermediate region (6) overlaps over a part of its length with the step-shaped relief profile (19) 22. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitwerparm geschikt buigzaam in de dikterichting is gemaakt door het tussengebied (6) een verjonging omvat om het hier bedoelde uitwijken van het tussengebied (6) toe te laten.A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the ejector arm is suitably made flexible in the direction of thickness by the intermediate region (6) comprising a rejuvenation to allow the intended deflection of the intermediate region (6) referred to herein. 23. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitwerparm geschikt buigzaam in de dikterichting is gemaakt door een verjonging nabij de montageplaats aan het huis.A holder according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the ejector arm is suitably made flexible in the thickness direction by a rejuvenation near the mounting location on the housing. 24. Houder volgens conclusie 23, waarbij de verjonging zich bevindt aan de uitwerparm tussen de montageplaats aan het huis en de voorzieningen, bijvoorbeeld reliëfprofiel (19), voor het verschoven uitwerpen van de stapel kaarten.A holder according to claim 23, wherein the rejuvenation is located on the ejection arm between the mounting location on the housing and the provisions, for example a relief profile (19), for the displaced ejection of the stack of cards. 25. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de tussenruimte (8) ten minste 0.2 millimeter, bij voorkeur ten minste 0.35 millimeter bedraagt.A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the space (8) is at least 0.2 millimeter, preferably at least 0.35 millimeter. 26. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de tussenruimte (8) verschaft is doordat in het tussengebied (6) de onderkant van de uitwerparm is uitgespaard, met andere woorden wanneer de onbelaste uitwerparm met de steunen (7) steunt op een vlak oppervlak, houdt in het tussengebied (6) de onderkant een afstand tot dat vlakke oppervlak.A holder according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the gap (8) is provided in that the bottom of the ejector arm is recessed in the intermediate region (6), in other words when the unloaded ejector arm with the supports (7) rests on a plane surface, in the intermediate region (6), the underside is kept at a distance from that flat surface. 27. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitwerparm geschikt buigzaam in de dikterichting is gemaakt om het bedoelde uitwijken van het tussengebied (6) toe te laten, doordat, gezien vanaf het vrije uiteinde (5) in de richting van de montageplaats (17), de dikte van het tussengebied (6) van de uitwerparm afneemt voorbij het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19) .A holder according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the ejector arm is suitably made flexible in the direction of thickness to allow the intended deflection of the intermediate region (6) in that, viewed from the free end (5) in the direction of the mounting location (17), the thickness of the intermediate region (6) of the ejector arm decreases beyond the stepped relief profile (19). 28. Houder volgens conclusie 27, waarbij de dikte van het tussengebied (6) afneemt doordat de afstand van de bovenkant van de uitwerparm tot de daarnaar gekeerde, tweede hoofdzijde (4), toeneemt voorbij het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19).A container according to claim 27, wherein the thickness of the intermediate region (6) decreases because the distance from the top of the ejector arm to the second main side (4) facing it, increases beyond the stepped relief profile (19). 29. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitwerparm aan zijn bovenkant een over de tweede hoofdzijde (4) bewegend steunvlak (21) heeft, welk steunvlak (21) zich bevindt in het tussengebied (6), en waarbij, betrokken op de lengterichting van de uitwerparm, aan de ene zijde van dit steunvlak (21) de uitwerparm het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19) draagt en aan de tegenover gelegen zijde van dit steunvlak (21) , de afstand van de bovenkant van de uitwerparm tot de tweede hoofdzijde (4) toeneemt.A holder according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the ejector arm has on its upper side a supporting surface (21) moving over the second main side (4), which supporting surface (21) is located in the intermediate region (6), and wherein, based on the longitudinal direction of the ejector arm, on one side of this support surface (21) the ejector arm carries the stepped relief profile (19) and on the opposite side of this support surface (21), the distance from the top of the ejector arm to the second main side (4) increases. 30. Houder volgens conclusie 29, waarbij het steunvlak (21) verschuifbaar tegen de tweede hoofdzijde (4) steunt.A holder according to claim 29, wherein the support surface (21) slidably rests against the second main side (4). 31. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het in dikte afnemende deel van het tussengebied (6) een dun lengtedeel (9) betreft, dat aanzienlijk dunner is dan de maximale dikte van het lengtedeel met het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19).A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the thickness-decreasing part of the intermediate region (6) is a thin length part (9), which is considerably thinner than the maximum thickness of the length part with the stepped relief profile (19). 32. Houder volgens conclusie 31, waarbij het dunne lengtedeel minimaal 50% dunner is dan de maximale dikte van het lengtedeel met het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19).The container of claim 31, wherein the thin length portion is at least 50% thinner than the maximum thickness of the length portion with the stepped relief profile (19). 33. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij, betrokken op de lengterichting, het tussengebied (6) zich voorbij het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19) uitstrekt naar de montageplaats (17) over een afstand van minimaal 5 millimeter.A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein, relative to the longitudinal direction, the intermediate region (6) extends beyond the stepped relief profile (19) to the mounting location (17) over a distance of at least 5 millimeters. 34. Houder volgens conclusie 33, waarbij die afstand minimaal 9, bij voorkeur minimaal 12 millimeter bedraagt.The container of claim 33, wherein said distance is at least 9, preferably at least 12 millimeters. 35. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de buigzaamheid zodanig is dat, betrokken op de dikterichting, het vrije uiteinde (5) van de uitwerparm minimaal 3 millimeter uitwijkt bij een op dat uiteinde rustend gewicht van 1 kilogram terwijl de montageplaats (17) van de uitwerparm star is ingeklemd.A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the flexibility is such that, based on the thickness direction, the free end (5) of the ejector arm deviates at least 3 millimeters with a weight of 1 kilogram resting on that end while the mounting location (17) ) of the ejector arm is rigidly clamped. 36. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19) verschaft is doordat over een vanaf zijn vrije uiteinde (5) zich uitstrekkend lengtedeel de dikte van de uitwerparm trapvormig toeneemt vanaf zijn vrije uiteinde (5), op welk lengtedeel een, ten opzichte van de maximale dikte van het lengtedeel met het reliëfprofiel (19), dun, buigzaam lengtedeel (9) van het tussengebied (6) van de uitwerparm volgt.A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the stepped relief profile (19) is provided in that a length part extending from its free end (5) increases the thickness of the ejector arm stepwise from its free end (5), at which length part a thin, flexible length part (9) of the intermediate region (6) of the ejector arm follows, relative to the maximum thickness of the length part with the relief profile (19). 37. Houder volgens conclusie 36, waarbij het buigzame lengtedeel (9) aanzienlijk dunner is dan de maximale dikte van het lengtedeel met het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19).A container according to claim 36, wherein the flexible length part (9) is considerably thinner than the maximum thickness of the length part with the stepped relief profile (19). 38. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de steunen of steunvlakken (7, 21) steunen tegen het huis, bijvoorbeeld schuivend aangrijpen met de betreffende hoofdzijde (4).A holder according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the supports or supporting surfaces (7, 21) support against the housing, for example slidingly engaging with the relevant main side (4). 39. Houder volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitwerparm twee longitudinaal uit elkaar geplaatste eerste steunen (7) heeft aan zijn onderkant die gekeerd is naar de ene hoofdzijde (4) van het houderlichaam, en een enkele tweede steun (21) aan zijn bovenkant, en de eerste steunen (7) het tussengebied (6) tussen zich hebben en de tweede steun (21) geplaatst is tussen de eerste steunen (7) , bij voorkeur ongeveer halverwege tussen de eerste steunen (7).A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the ejector arm has two longitudinally spaced apart first supports (7) at its bottom facing the one main side (4) of the container body, and a single second support (21) on its top, and the first supports (7) have the intermediate region (6) between them and the second support (21) is placed between the first supports (7), preferably about halfway between the first supports (7). 40. Werkwijze voor het bedrijven van een houder volgens één van de conclusies 1-37, waarbij de bedieningsknop (18) wordt bediend zodat de uitwerparm van de teruggetrokken positie naar de uitwerppositie beweegt en de stapel door de kaartopening (3) naar buiten schuift waarbij de steunen (7, 21) de uitwerparm afsteunen met het huis en een kracht (F) door de stapel, die wordt voortgeduwd door de uitwerparm, op de voorziening, zoals het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19), wordt uitgeoefend in de dikterichting waardoor, door uitwijken van het tussengebied (6) onder invloed van de naar de eerste hoofdzijde (4) gerichte kracht (F) , van de uitwerparm de onderkant in het tussengebied (6) naar de eerste hoofdzijde toe wordt bewogen over minimaal 0,2 millimeter, waardoor de kracht (F) afneemt.A container operating method according to any of claims 1-37, wherein the operating button (18) is operated so that the ejection arm moves from the retracted position to the ejection position and the stack slides out through the card opening (3), the supports (7, 21) support the ejector arm with the housing and a force (F) through the stack, which is pushed through the ejector arm, onto the device, such as the stepped relief profile (19), is exerted in the thickness direction whereby, by deflection of the intermediate area (6) under the influence of the force (F) directed towards the first main side (4), the underside of the ejector arm the bottom in the intermediate area (6) is moved towards the first main side by a minimum of 0.2 millimeters, so that the force (F) decreases. 41. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 40, waarbij het tussengebied (6) uitwijkt ten opzichte van de steun (7) aan het vrije uiteinde van de uitwerparm (16).The method of claim 40, wherein the intermediate region (6) deflects with respect to the support (7) at the free end of the ejector arm (16). 42. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 40 of 41, waarbij het tussengebied (6) uitwijkt doordat de uitwerparm (16) doorbuigt.The method of claim 40 or 41, wherein the intermediate region (6) deflects in that the ejector arm (16) deflects. 43. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 40, 41 of 42, waarbij het tussengebied (6) uitwijkt ten opzichte van de beide steunen (7) die zijn geassocieerd met de eerste hoofdzijde (4).A method according to claim 40, 41 or 42, wherein the intermediate region (6) deviates from the two supports (7) associated with the first main side (4). 44. Werkwijze volgens één van de conclusies 40 - 43, waarbij door het uitwijken de afstand van de voorziening, zoals het trapvormige reliëfprofiel (19) tot de tweede hoofdzijde (4) toeneemt.A method as claimed in any one of claims 40 to 43, wherein the spacing increases the distance of the device, such as the step-shaped relief profile (19) from the second main side (4).